sick & homesick...

I am getting better now.
I can take care of myself, if I wanted to :) :P

However, I couldn't resist after seeing mas's blog...


give BOSING more *HUGS*

*HUGS* TOTAL!

Get hugs of your own



virtual hugs anyone?

I don't wanna wake up...

It's getting warmer nowadays... around 30F (2 degree celcius this morning). Have decided to sleep without the heater on at night since it's still quite cozy. Big mistake in the morning. freezing air once I stick my arms/legs out of my blankie. Makes me feel like I don't wanna get off from my blankets!
Airbed still surviving and in good condition! :D

I know how Garfield feels now.

Theme of the month, Red (Valentine's & CNY)

Tungau : Happy Valentine's Day. Do you like my gift (snow storm on valentine's day)?
Bosing : Yes. Err... Next time, can you please just give me the snow without the rain?
:D

It finally really did snow! Too bad it was a mixture of snow and rain, therefore there was sludge. My friends and I had to nearly hangon to the railings for dear life because of the 3 inch thick of brown sludge that we had to go through to go back home from school on Valentine's night (if you're not so sure what's a sludge, imagine a brown 7eleven slurpee)! By the time we reached the subway, we were all pretty tired.

The next day itself, we had another different type of challenge. The snow and rain had stopped and instead of the thick brown sludge, we had to go through slippery, icy walkways (imagine putting the slurpee into the freezer and freeze it till it's rock hard!).

Was so busy, didn't even realise that CNY was around the corner. Ended up doing nothing much at all for CNY. No angpao this year. :(
Invited some classmates over to the apartment and we had a chinese cookout. 3 chefs in a small kitchen. It was fun! I should have thought about it earlier on instead of shying away from inviting friends over because of my cooking skills? Not as great as my parents mah. :)

All in all, I baked some croissant today for lunch and had mee goreng with leftover food from the 'party' yesterday. not too bad.

I'm not so sure if anyone's reading my blog anymore actually. Should I or should I not even bother to update this blog? Then again, maybe I should just write so that I can have something to remember about my journey abroad. Will post some pics later once I get my computer back.

Making a Difference, when it comes to ...

snow in front of school last month

Coming Back Home
I've recently went for a Harvard Business School Asia Conference.
Know what's interesting? Apart from all the hype of China and India becoming the next big thing of the 21st century, The ecconomists and businessmen are really interested in the whole Asia as a whole. They see a rise of Asians reciding/studying abroad, returning back to their home country to make a difference. They predict that Vietnam will be the next big thing after China and India. Backed by Vietnamese Americans, Vietnam is growing.

Regardless of some expert opinion that the rest they are not interested in the rest of the South East Asian Region for now because most of them "shot themselves on the foot" during the 1990's, I realised that I saw a lot of Asians or even people of Asian decends wanting to either go back to their country of origin or contribute to their nation's economy in anyway they can. We even had quite a number of Singaporean leaders as part of the panel for a few of the discussions. I guess my question is, what happened to Malaysia? Why are we so quite? Why aren't we making a difference like the rest of our neighbouring countries? Thank god for Jimmy Choo. I can't think of anybody (big personality) else who would like to contribute back to our society.


Personal Social Responsibility
I'm still attracting certain characteristics of people.
Even though I never did volunteer in school for it, I'm somehow caught once in awhile, in an unofficial role of mentoring people older/younger than me. More of the former than the latter. I don't know why. My patience and tolerance to just listen and refrain from giving advice till asked has increased tremendously. Even though I am busy/have limited time to spare at the time. Blame it on my guilty conscience if I ignore people in need. Or what I've been joking lately as my PSR.

Taking Notes
I don't know how to take notes like a normal person anymore. Normal conventional note taking makes it hard for me to figure the correct structure for it, especially when you hear people talking from all different angles. Besides, after having to read too many things, notes will just make you feel sleepier. realised that the only notes that I know how to jot nowadays are in the form of mind-mapping. Sometimes I get too colourful (literally) with my notes. Here's a sample of my mind map during a team meeting. Like it? :D

ARGGH!!! IT'S FREEZING COLD!!!

Winter in Boston
Things I wouldn't have known unless I lived here.

1. Weather patterns
During winter, it's normally warmer when it snows. It figures. It's currently freezing cold right now, and it hasn't really snowed yet in Boston! (-2 to -19 degrees in celcius).

2. rain in winter
I'm flabbergasted! It can actually rain in the middle of the freezing frigid cold winter!!???!!!! It rained last weekend, and then it snowed a little and then it rained once again! Made the ground all slippery and muddy. imagine trampling on the leftover ice in your old freezer.

3. skin
my oily/combination skin can turn to dry skin once exposed to cold wind. But currently, with the proper general daily routine, my skin is perfectly a normal skin, yay!

4. running in winter
I don't recommend this to anyone. at least from a tropical climate. I ended up coughing in class today because i ran to school.

5. rivers in winter
the river banks can turn into ice (on top) but water will still flow on where the current is the strongest

6. birds in winter
there are still some birds still swimming about in the icy cold river even in winter. Before this, I thought all of them would either be hibernating or migrate to a different country by now.

7.ear warmer
you don't have to wear those funny looking furry ear warmers to keep your ears warm in winter. dad, let me know if you need me to buy you one of these (ear warmers by 180s) . it's so cool!!! and warm!!!!